Roger M. Mahony

News about Roger M. Mahony, including commentary and archival articles published in The New York Times.

Chronology of Coverage

Mar. 14, 2013

Archdiocese of Los Angeles reaches $10 million settlement with four men who say they were abused by former priest Michael Baker; case is first settlement since release of internal church documents that showed former leader Cardinal Roger M Mahony and his top aides assisted priests accused of abuse and helped protect them from law enforcement. MORE

Feb. 23, 2013

Many attendees at the Religious Education Congress in Los Angeles, nation's largest annual gathering of Roman Catholics, are re-evaluating the legacy of disgraced Cardinal Roger M Mahony; moment has been particularly important for Archbishop Jose H Gomez, who has taken over Mahony's duties. MORE

Feb. 17, 2013

Cardinal Roger M Mahony, former Roman Catholic archbishop of Los Angeles, will be questioned this week as part of a clergy sexual abuse lawsuit just days before he flies to Rome to help select the next pope. MORE

Feb. 9, 2013

Editorial praises Los Angeles Archbishop Jose Gomez for publicly rebuking his predecessor, Cardinal Roger Mahony, following fresh documentation of Catholic Church diocese's cover up of rape and abuse; calls on Gomez to increase transparency surrounding the scandal. MORE

Feb. 4, 2013

Conversations with dozens of parishioners at three largely Spanish-speaking churches in Los Angeles illustrate how divided the faithful still are over details of decades of abuse and way church officials have handled scandal; many wonder if Cardinal Roger M Mahony is hero or someone who deserves to be punished. MORE

Feb. 2, 2013

Internal personnel files on 124 priests released by the archdiocese of Los Angeles under court order suggest that retired Cardinal Roger M Mahony and other top church officials were slow to respond to accusations of abuse, and that they often acted to protect priests; Mahony defends himself vehemently from censure by his successor Jose H Gomez, suggesting that his approach to sexual abuse has evolved significantly over the years. MORE

Feb. 1, 2013

Cardinal Roger M Mahony, retired leader of archdiocese in Los Angeles, is removed from all public duties by his successor, Archbishop Jose H Gomez; church documents show how he shielded priests who sexually abused children. MORE

Jan. 23, 2013

Personnel files released as part of a civil court case reveal that Cardinal Roger M Mahony of Los Angeles and his top adviser knowingly shielded priests accused of child sexual abuse from law enforcement; Archdiocese fought for years to prevent documents from becoming public. MORE

Jan. 22, 2013

Church records filed in court as part of a lawsuit show that Cardinal Roger M Mahoney, retired archbishop of Los Angeles, along with other high-ranking clergymen in the archdiocese, worked quietly to keep evidence of child molestation from law enforcement and shield abusive priests from criminal prosecution more than a decade before the scandal became public. MORE

The case is the first settlement since the release of internal church documents that showed Cardinal Mahony and his top aides assisted priests accused of abuse and helped protect them from law enforcement.

February 21, 2013, Thursday

Cardinal Roger M. Mahony, the former Roman Catholic archbishop of Los Angeles, will be questioned this week as part of a clergy abuse lawsuit just days before he flies to Rome to help select the next pope.